There's a very handy new tool from Microsoft called the Database Experimentation Assistant (DEA). The DEA makes it very easy to conduct A/B testing for SQL Server upgrades, providing quantitative ...

Here's one big advantage to moving to Microsoft Azure SQL Database-you never have to patch. That's all well and good, but most of the SQL Server installed license base is still on-premise. If you're ...

I'm glad you asked. To successfully copy a login from one server to another, you'll need to ensure that the copy has the same SID and password. The link between database users and logins is done with ...

I needed to copy the SQL Server database, with its most recent schema changes, down to my laptop for a client demonstration at a location where Internet connectivity might not be available. Even ...